Data States

Question 1

What are the three data states?

Answer 1

Data in motion, Data in use, Data at rest.

Question 2

What is data at rest?

Answer 2

Data being stored on a device for later use, the data must be protected and must comply under data protection laws.

Question 3

What is data in use?

Answer 3

Data that is currently being used, it’s very vulnerable at this time and must be under extra protection. Risk of exposure while being manipulated.

Question 4

What is data in motion?

Answer 4

Data that is being transferred from one network to another such as file transfers, emails, text messages and audio/visual streaming.